A life safety device can include a sensor configured to sense a hazardous condition, an interconnect module configured to communicate the hazardous condition to a wired life safety device using one or more wires, and a transceiver module configured to wirelessly communicate the hazardous condition to a wireless life safety device.
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1. A system including a plurality of life safety devices, the system comprising:
a plurality of wired life safety devices configured to sense a hazardous condition, wherein each of the wired life safety devices is connected to one or more of the other wired life safety devices using one or more wires, and wherein each of the wired life safety devices communicates with one or more of the other wired life safety devices using the wires;
at least one wireless life safety device configured to sense the hazardous condition; and
a gateway life safety device including a sensor configured to sense the hazardous condition, wherein the gateway life safety device is wired to at least one of the wired life safety devices, and wherein the gateway life safety device communicates with one or more of the wired life safety devices using the wires, and wherein the gateway life safety device communicates wirelessly with the wireless life safety device;
wherein the wired life safety devices communicate with the wireless life safety device through the gateway life safety device;
wherein the gateway life safety device enters a master mode if the gateway life safety device is in an alarm none mode and the life safety device senses the hazardous condition, the gateway life safety device sending out a wired alarm signal to the wired life safety device and a wireless alarm signal to the wireless life safety device, and the gateway life safety device remaining in the master mode until the gateway life safety device no longer senses the hazardous condition;
wherein the gateway life safety device enters a hardwire slave mode if the gateway life safety device is in the alarm none mode and the life safety device receives a wired interconnect signal from the wired life safety device, the gateway life safety device sending out the wireless alarm signal to the wireless life safety device, and the gateway life safety device remaining in the hardwire slave mode until the wired interconnect signal times out; and
wherein the gateway life safety device enters a wireless slave mode if the gateway life safety device is in the alarm none mode and the life safety device receives a wireless interconnect signal from the wireless life safety device, the gateway life safety device sending out the wired alarm signal to the wired life safety device, and the gateway life safety device remaining in the wireless slave mode until the wireless interconnect signal times out.
2. The system of
a battery configured to provide backup power;
an interconnect module configured to communicate the hazardous condition to the wired life safety devices using the wires; and
a transceiver module configured to wirelessly communicate the hazardous condition to the wireless life safety device.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Patent Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/620,226 filed on Oct. 18, 2004, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The disclosed technology relates to a system of life safety devices. More particularly, the disclosed technology relates to a hybrid wired and wireless system including life safety devices.
It is known to use life safety devices within a building or other structure to detect various hazardous conditions and provide a warning to occupants of the building of the detected hazardous condition. Examples of well-known life safety devices include smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Many life safety devices include both the capability to detect a hazardous condition, for example smoke, and to generate an audible and/or visual alarm to provide an alert that a hazardous condition has been detected. Other life safety devices are configured to detect a hazardous condition, and when a hazardous condition is detected, send a signal to a remote alarm device that generates the alarm. In each case, a hazardous condition is detected and an alarm is generated warning of the hazardous condition.
In typical systems, the life safety devices can be interconnected to one another using one or more wires. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,791,453 to Andres et al., the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference. In U.S. Pat. No. 6,791,453, a system includes a plurality of devices connected to one another by wires used to provide power and facilitate communication between each device. With a system configured in this manner, if a hazardous condition is detected by one device located in one part of a building, the device can communicate the hazardous condition through the wires to devices located in other parts of the building to cause those devices to generate a warning to alert occupants of the hazardous condition.
While systems such as that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,791,453 are advantageous in that the systems can alert occupants throughout a building of a hazardous condition, the systems can be disadvantageous in that they require wires to be run between each device in the systems to allow for communications between devices. Such systems can be economically installed in new construction, but it can be costly and time-consuming to install the wiring required for these systems in existing construction.
Attempts to remedy this problem include systems with devices that communicate with one another via wireless technologies such as radio frequency (RF) signals, in which the device that detects a hazardous condition sends an RF signal to other devices in the building, thereby triggering a warning on those devices. See, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,587,705; and 5,898,369. The use of RF interconnected life safety devices can be attractive, as an existing building, for example a home, can be equipped with the safety devices without the need to run new wiring throughout the building.
However, when a device needs to be added in a building having an existing system of wired life safety devices: (i) the new device must be wired to the existing system of wired detectors to allow the new device to communicate with the existing system; or (ii) the entire system of wired devices must be replaced with wireless devices to allow for wireless communication between the devices.
It is therefore desirable to provide systems that allow for a hybrid of wired and wireless interconnections between devices of the systems.
The disclosed technology relates to a system of life safety devices. More particularly, the disclosed technology relates to a hybrid wired and wireless system including life safety devices.
According to one aspect, a life safety device can include a sensor configured to sense a hazardous condition. The device can include an interconnect module configured to communicate the hazardous condition to a wired life safety device using one or more wires. The device can also include a transceiver module configured to wirelessly communicate the hazardous condition to a wireless life safety device.
According to another aspect, a system including a plurality of life safety devices can include a plurality of wired life safety devices configured to sense a hazardous condition, wherein each of the wired life safety devices is connected to one or more of the other wired life safety devices using one or more wires, and wherein each of the wired life safety devices communicates with one or more of the other wired life safety devices using the wires. The system can include at least one wireless life safety device configured to sense the hazardous condition. The system can also include a gateway life safety device configured to sense the hazardous condition, wherein the gateway life safety device is wired to at least one of the wired life safety devices, and wherein the gateway life safety device communicates with one or more of the wired life safety devices using the wires, and wherein the gateway life safety device communicates wirelessly with the wireless life safety device. The wired life safety devices communicate with the wireless life safety device through the gateway life safety device.
According to yet another aspect, a method of creating wireless capability for an existing system of wired life safety devices, wherein each of the wired life safety devices is wired to one or more of the other wired life safety devices using one or more wires, can include: wiring a gateway life safety device to the system of wired life safety devices; allowing the gateway life safety device to communicate with the wired life safety devices using the wires; and allowing the gateway life safety device to wirelessly communicate with a wireless life safety device.
As used herein, the term “wired” means one or more electrical wires that are used to interconnect and allow communication between two or more devices. As used herein, the term “wireless” means the use of technologies such as, for example, radio frequency (RF), infrared, and/or ultrasonic, to connect and allow communication between two or more devices without requiring a wired connection.
An example embodiment of a system 100 of life safety devices is illustrated in
The hazardous condition detectors 122a, 122b, 122c . . . 122n can be distributed at suitable locations within a building for detecting hazardous conditions throughout the building. For example, if the building is a home, the detectors can be located in the various rooms of the home, including the kitchen, the basement, the bedrooms, etc.
The hazardous condition detectors 122a, 122b, 122c . . . 122n can include, but are not limited to, smoke detectors, heat detectors, gas detectors for detecting carbon monoxide gas, natural gas, propane, methane, and other toxic gas, fire/flame detectors, and combinations thereof. The detectors are preferably configured to be able to detect a hazardous condition. The detectors are also preferably configured to be able to produce an alarm when a hazardous condition is detected. The alarm produced by the detector can be an audible alarm, a visual alarm, or a combination thereof. The detectors can be battery powered (DC), can be mains powered (AC), or can be mains powered with battery backup (AC/DC).
For sake of convenience, the hazardous condition detectors will hereinafter be described and referred to as smoke detectors that produce an audible alarm.
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The detector 222c includes wired input/output 340. Wired input/output 340 allows the detector 222c to be coupled to and communicate with one or more additional detectors using one or more wires 345. For example, as shown in
Referring back to
In this manner, the gateway device 222c is a hybrid detector in that the detector can communicate through wires using wired input/output 340, and wirelessly using wireless transceiver 325.
Referring now to
Detectors 422d, 422e . . . 422n can also wirelessly communicate with the wireless transceiver 335 of the gateway device 222c. Detectors 422d, 422e . . . 422n can indirectly communicate with detectors 122a, 122b . . . 122n through wireless communication with gateway device 222c, as described below.
In this manner, the gateway device 222c acts as a bridge that allows the wired portion of system 100 (i.e., detectors 122a, 122b . . . 122n) to communicate with the wireless portion (i.e., detectors 422d, 422e . . . 422n) and vice versa.
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Rectifier module 505 of gateway device 500 is connected to the AC wires 502 and 504 of the interconnect between the wired detectors (e.g., wires 125 and/or 345 described above). Rectifier module 505 is connected to and provides rectified unregulated power (typically 7.5 to 15 volts) to interconnect module 520 and regulator module 510. Regulator module 510 is connected to interconnect module 520, alarm 324, and transceiver 335 to provide regulated rectified power, typically approximately 5 volts DC. Rectifier module 505 is also connected to battery 515. If power from wires 502 and 504 drops below a threshold level such as, for example 5 volts, battery 515 can provide up to 5 volts of power as a backup power source.
Interconnect module 520 is connected to wire 506 that is the signaling wire for the wired interconnect system. Interconnect module 520 is also connected to controller 320 by input wire 522 and output wire 524.
As shown in
Referring again to
In this configuration, interconnect module 520 connects controller 320 to the system of wired interconnected detectors. Specifically, any signal on wire 506 from the system of wired interconnected detectors is regulated and level shifted and provided to controller 320 by input wire 522. For example, in one example system, the voltage on wire 506 is typically approximately 0 volts until an alarm condition is detected by a wired detector, at which time the wired detector pulls the voltage on wire 506 to approximately 7.5 to 15 volts. Controller 320 can identify the increase in voltage provided at input wire 522 and use transceiver 335 to communicate the alarm condition to any wireless detectors.
In a similar manner, if controller 320 receives an alarm condition from a wireless detector using transceiver 335, controller 320 can pull drive module 526 of interconnect module 520 high, which in turn causes the voltage on wire 506 to go to approximately 7.5 to 15 volts, thereby signaling the alarm condition to the system of wired detectors connected to wire 506.
In another example, if gateway device 500 detects an alarm condition, it can transmit the alarm condition to any wireless detectors using transceiver 335, as well as transmit the alarm condition to any wired detectors through interconnect module 520 and wire 506.
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Initially, the gateway device is in an alarm none mode 710, in which the device senses hazardous conditions and waits for communications from wired or wireless devices. The gateway device remains in the alarm none mode 710 until the device either receives a signal from a wired or wireless detector, or until the device senses a hazardous condition. If the gateway device does sense a hazardous condition, the device enters a RF master mode 720. In the RF master mode 720, the device alarms and sends out alarm signals (wired and/or wireless) to any wired and/or wireless detectors. The device remains in RF master mode 720 until the device no longer senses the hazardous condition, at which time the device enters either (i) the alarm none mode 710 if the device is battery powered (DC), or (ii) a wait interconnect mode 740 if the device is AC powered.
With the gateway device in the alarm none mode 710, if the device receives a signal on the wired input (i.e., a hardwire interconnect signal), the device enters a hardwire slave mode 760. In the hardwire slave mode 760, the device alarms and sends out an RF alarm signal to any wireless detectors. The device remains in the hardwire slave mode 760 until the hardwire interconnect signal times out, at which time the device again enters the alarm none mode 710.
With the gateway device in the alarm none mode 710, if the device receives a signal on the wireless transceiver (i.e., an RF interconnect signal), the device enters an RF slave mode 730. In the RF slave mode 730, the device alarms and sends out a wired alarm signal to any wired detectors. If the device is AC powered, the device remains in the RF slave mode 730 until the RF interconnect signal times out or a silence message is received, at which time the device enters the wait interconnect mode 740. If the device is battery powered, the device remains in the RF slave mode 730 until (i) the RF interconnect signal times out, at which time the device enters the alarm none mode 710, or (ii) a silence message is received, at which time the device enters a wait RF slave silence mode 750.
In the wait interconnect mode 740, the device waits for a period of time to allow for the removal of the alarm signal on the interconnect line (e.g., to allow the interconnect line to drop to approximately ground). Once the interconnect wait period expires, the device enters either (i) the alarm none mode 710 if the device is not presently in a period of silence, or (ii) the wait RF slave silence mode 750 if the device is presently in a period of silence.
In the wait RF slave silence mode 750 (i.e., silence being a period of time during which the sensor of the device is desensitized and the alarm is silenced at the request of the user), the device waits a period of time to allow RF slave transmission to cease. Once the silence period expires, the device again enters the alarm none mode 710.
An example method of use of a system such as system 100 is as follows. Initially, a system of wired life safety devices is installed in a building. The life safety devices communicate with each other using one or more wires. For example, one device can communicate a hazardous condition to one or more of the other devices of the system through using the wires running between devices.
At the same time as the wired life safety devices are installed, or at a later date, a life safety gateway device (e.g., gateway devices 222c and 500 described above) is installed in the system. The gateway device can replace an existing wired life safety device, or be added as a new life safety device. The gateway device is wired to one or more of the other life safety devices of the system. The gateway device can communicate with one or more of the wired life safety devices using the wires running between devices.
Next, one or more wireless life safety devices are installed in the building. The wireless safety devices can communicate with the gateway device using a wireless technology such as RF. In addition, the wireless safety devices can communicate indirectly with the wired devices through the gateway device.
For example, if a wireless safety device detects a hazardous condition, the wireless safety device can communicate the condition to the other wireless detectors and the gateway device using wireless communication. In addition, the wireless safety device can indirectly communicate the condition to the wired life safety devices through the gateway device.
In this manner, a system including a plurality of existing wired life safety devices can be supplemented with a gateway life safety device and one or more additional wireless life safety devices. The gateway life safety device can facilitate communications between the wired portion of the system and the wireless portion of the system.
In some embodiments, the gateway device can be used to replace an existing wired life safety device to add wireless capabilities to a system. In other embodiments, the gateway device can be added as a supplement device (e.g., wired to one or more existing wired life safety devices) to add wireless capabilities. In yet other embodiments, the gateway device can be a device that adds wireless capabilities to an existing wired life safety device.
The gateway device can be used in existing construction to supplement and add wireless capabilities. The gateway device can also be used in new construction where it may be desirable to provide a system having a hybrid of wired and wireless capabilities.
The above specification, examples and data provide a complete description of example embodiments made in accordance with the present invention. Since many embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention resides in the claims hereinafter appended.
Silver, Travis, Buchholz, Matthew J., Andres, John J., Burnette, Stan
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